A VEHICLE SEAT
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Abstract
A seat tensioner (14) for a vehicle seat (1,2) includes a restraint member (15) and means (16) for tensioning the restraint member. The restraint member (15) is connected between the seat and a vehicle in which it is mounted and the means for tensioning is operative to tension the restraint member to urge the vehicle seat towards the vehicle. The restraint member (15) may be a cable and the means for tensioning (16) a gas activated piston and cylinder device. Means for disconnecting the restraint member from the seat may be provided to enable the seat to be moved following deployment of the tensioner.
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39 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
- 15. A vehicle comprising a vehicle seat, a seat belt for the seat and characterized by a seat tensioner, the seat tensioner comprising a restraint member coupled between the vehicle seat and the vehicle, and a tensioner operative to tension the restraint member to urge the vehicle seat towards the vehicle.
- 26. A vehicle seat comprising an integrally mounted seat belt and characterized by a seat tensioner comprising a restraint member connected to the vehicle seat at one end and adapted to connect directly or indirectly to a vehicle in which the seat is mounted at its other end, and a tensioner operative to tension the restraint member to urge the seat towards the vehicle.
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30. A seat tensioner system for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:
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a seat belt for the seat; a restraint member having opposed one and other ends with the one end attached to the seat; a tension member that is fixed to the vehicle and that is constructed and arranged to control the other end of the restraint member; said restraint member having an inactive position in which the seat is unrestrained, and a deployed position in which the tension member tensions the restraint member to thus urge the seat toward the vehicle; and a control member to control activation of the tension member in response to a signal representative of a vehicle impact condition. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification